Pair Freed in Killing of Negro Boy
A jury of white farmers acquitted two men in the killing of a Black boy after a short deliberation. Defense witnesses questioned the victim’s identification, while Bryant and Milam admitted taking the boy from his uncle’s home but claimed he was unharmed. The jury later ordered the defendants to face new kidnapping charges pending arraignment.
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Jim Pennington
Tallahatchie River
Tid
Til
Mamie Bradley
Chicago
Moses Wright
Ee Bryant
Milam
Teadines
Thi
Bryant
Bryants
Swanga
Soviet Leader Bulganin Urges Broad Disarmament Steps
Bulganin counters Eisenhower proposals by calling for armed forces cuts and a date for banning atomic weapons. He questions aerial inspection, urging that information be shared by all states and inspected by an international control body. The exchange signals cautious openness to a wider disarmament program but skepticism about unilateral U. S. plans.
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Bulgenin
Ei- Aower
Bulganin
Fresidert
U. S
Soviet Union
Isenhower
Plane Down in Ocean With 5, Search Begins
Richard C. Olsen 43 of Van Nuys and navigator Captain Machado of Bellflower with Nuys Calf units and Korea service, along with relatives from Sepulveda Downey Artesia and Whittier, are named in a search for a plane down in the ocean. Machado, notable WWII pilot who once saved 66 passengers from a DC4 plunge north of Puerto Rico, was last heard from two days ago as his aircraft went missing. his family and local connections are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Olsen
van Pic
Jack Machado
Nuys
Calf
Dominick Ven
Korea
Sepulveda
Calif
Angelina Ramm
Compton Blvd
Bellflower
Sarbank
Ins
Celestia Machado
S. Dice St
Whittier
Adeline Bove
Clark Ave
Downey
Laury Costa
Studebaker
Artesia
Anniel Aguiar
Clar&dale St
Alice Mendes
Cecelia Bernardo
Riverdale
Mary Tillie
San Jose
Lena Silva
Puente
Machado
A.J. Machado Sr
Hame
Lakewood
Air America
Flying Tigers Airline
Los Angeles
Puerto Rico
High Level Parley on Asia Scheduled
Washington hosts ANZUS talks with Dulles and ministers Casey and McDonald to discuss security in Asia. Officials foresee no new crisis but plan to raise immediate concerns and consider linking ANZUS Manila and other treaties into a broader Asia defense network, a move Britain resists.
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Asia
Washington
China
Paneva
South
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Dulles
Robert G. Casey
T. L. McDonald
Eee
U. S
Philippines
South Korea
Japan
Britain
Casey
President Ill Doctor Called to Bedside at Cherry Frills
President Eisenhower suffered a digestive upset similar to a prior attack and was attended by a doctor at his bed. Though he has a history of bursitis, it has not disrupted his routine in Colorado. The White House issued a brief notice noting a non minor condition and he missed a morning at Lowry Air Force Base during vacation.
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Cherry Frills Country Club
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Mr. Eisenhower
Lowry Air Force Base
Waazey" Anmer White House
Del
American Society of Newspaper Editors
North Carolina
Honolulu teen magazine letter raises age/grade mixup
A Honolulu girl complains to a local paper about a story that said she was 17 and a sophomore. She says she is 16 and that the misprint makes her look foolish, spelling out the word dull as D-U-L.
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Honolulu
Ex NJ Solon William Smathers Dies at 44
Former U S Senator William N Smathers of New Jersey died at a hospital in Bytlin North Carolina He was an uncle of Senator George Smathers of Florida and a Democrat who was elected to the Senate for the 1937 34 term after serving as state senator
Death of Santa Anna prompts two questioned in case
A corpse found near Casper Wyoming was identified as Herbert Diestier 62 of Lawndale California by FBI using WWI service records. Autopsy found six bullet holes. In Santa Ana California authorities hold a man and woman for questioning in a separate death. Doris Dunlap 24 died from narcotics overdose.
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Casper
Wyo
Here
Herbert Diestier
Lawndale
Calif
Webb W. Burke
FBI
Olnver
Washington
Santa Ana
Tijuana
Doris Louise Dunlap
Main St
Barney Fisk
Los Angeles
Nora Charles
New York
Dunlap
Costa Meza
Orange
County Superior Court
Patson State Hospital
Miss Dunlap
Depuy
William Jones
Wnes
Dirstlee
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eastern State Penitentiary
Norristown
Webb Burke
Denver
Kenneth Phillips
Ernest Lindsey
French Kill 42 Algerian Terrorists in Counterinsurgency
French troops report 42 rebels and suspects killed in the past 24 hours as Moroccan tribal chiefs urged Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulai Arafa to resist French efforts to oust him. Premier Edgar Faure seeks removal as part of a plan for peace and limited self rule in the protectorate.
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Algiers
Algeria
Morocco
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafta
Edgar Faure
France
Ben Mowley Arafa
Six Claim Kentucky POW Was Disloyal
Six prosecution witnesses testified that Cpl. Thomas Bayes of Flat Lick Kentucky showed disloyal acts while a prisoner of the Chinese Reds in North Korea. Bayes is on trial before a military court on charges of aiding the enemy. Charles Guidetti of Philadelphia said Bayes became a committed Communist after months in a POW camp and once told him he would give his right arm to convert him.
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San Francisuu
Cpl
Thomas Bayes
Flat Lick
North Korea
Ayes
Charles G. Guidetti
Philadelphia
Bayes
New Strike Ties Up Transport in Naples Italy
The second public transport strike in 10 days slowed Naples transit to a walk as 800 buses and streetcars halted. Drivers and maintenance staff protested for higher pay and allowances and a provision to let their sons obtain bus company jobs after fathers retire at age 60.
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Naples
Waples
Italy
Nanus
Missing U S Jet With Two Aboard Reported In Germany
The U S Air Force announced a jet trainer with two American airmen aboard is missing and may have been forced down in Communist East Germany due to fuel shortage. European headquarters said the Y33 jet trainer disappeared last Friday after taking off on a local flight from the air force base, with the East German border only minutes away.
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Ware Onden
Germany
U.S
Air Force
East Germany
Suspended Patriarch Moves to Monastery in Egypt
Amba Youssab I, 85, former head of the Costic Chirveh in Egypt and Ethiopia, drove from his palace to Al Mohatrak Monastery where he expects to spend the rest of his life. He remains nominal head of his church but is stripped of powers.
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Egypt
Reurareh
Amba Youssab I
Ethiopia
Odey
al Mohatrak
British troops booed at Salisbury inspection before inquiry
In Salisbury England the 6th Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment Territorial Army faced rain as General Sir Francis Festing arrived for inspection. Booing and ragged cheers followed while thunder flashes were used. Three company commanders were suspended pending a thorough investigation amid complaints of 12 hours without food at the summer camp.
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Salisbury
England
Queen's Royal Regiment
Territorial Army
American National Guard
Sore
Sir Francis
Festing
Woman Bus Driver Swarts Bat Wielding Fan Faces Trial
New York reports Myrtle Hammond, a 47 year old Westchester domestic, accused of using a baseball bat in a Manhattan bus window assault on a driver and a pursuing officer after a past hex attempt on the Yankees. She has multiple prior swinging incidents in several states. Bail set at 500 dollars for a special sessions trial on third degree assault and anti weapons law violations.
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New York
Larchmont
Myrtle Hammond
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Yankees
Indians
Boston Red Sox
Miss Hammond
Westchester County
Manhattan
Andrew Moriarty
Bayshore
N.Y
Moriarty
Benjamin Schmier
James E. Lo Piccolo
Lo Piccolo
Suspect Held for Murder Denied Writ
Raymond Wilson charged with murder in Philadelphia. He was en route with police when denied a writ of habeas corpus. Police say Wilson and Frank Ellsworth were arrested in Las Vegas after flashing an $87,000 bankroll, later released, then re-arrested in Las Vegas and Memphis. Mrs. Iulubel Rossman was killed on July 3 in a Philadelphia hotel room. About $150,000 in cash disappeared from the scene.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Philadelphia
Raymond Wilson
Wilson
Iulubel Rossman
New York
Filsworth
Memphis
Lassie Enlisted to Help Sell Bonds
The Treasury plans a 21 minute film featuring Lassie and human co-stars to promote Savings Bonds and Savings Stamps to school children. Director Earl O. Shreve said the TV series animals will appear in schools to encourage investment in small installments.
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Washingston Y
the Treasury
Lassie
J._S
Earl O. Shreve
The
Treasury
Humatns
Shreve
Bolivia Flights Halt Amid Radiomen Strike
A strike by radio operators led to suspension of Pan American Grace Airlines flights in Bolivia. The airline canceled services without explanation while reports from La Paz described the capital as calm despite unrest rumors in Bolivia and tense Argentina.
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Buengus Airibus
Argentina
VPL
Pan American-Grace Airlines
la Paz
Bolivia
Nazi Labor Service Leader Hierl Dies in Germany
Konstantin Hierl longtime head of the Nazi Labor Service from 1934 to 1945 died in a hospital in bos Friday the death announced Hierl who was convicted after the war as a major Nazi offender and sentenced to three years hard labor after his release he lived in Heidelberg in retirement
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Bos
Germany
Konstantin Hierl
Hierl
Heidelberg
Honolulu Zoo staff baffled by gnu Buster’s escape
Officials of the Honolulu Zoo worry over how Buster the gnu seems to know when food is spiked with knockout drops. They have attempted to anesthetize him to extract an infected tooth, but he walks away from the doped meals. They plan to try again next week with little hope of success.
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Honolulu
Honolulu Zoo
Buster
Gnu
Lonardi Reforms Start After Peronist Uprising in Argentina
In Rosario and Buenos Aires, Lonardi declares provisional presidency after Peronist revolt. Street battles leave several dead and many wounded as army reinforces, with warnings of shooting on sight after 8 pm. Lonardi pledges liberty and justice for all, seeks Vatican talks on church relation, and promises church freedom under new regime.
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Buenos Aires
Rosario
Ional
Eduardo Lonardi
Buenos
Aires
Land Liberty
Erment
Tir
Juan
Pero
Rosa- le Mo
Peron
Gigkere
Lonlardi Goverment
First Army
Roserio
Peronista
Avellaneda
Lonardi
Plaza de Maya
Truck Train Crash Fatal to Four in Calif
A pickup collided with a westbound freight train near Tracy California killing four Mexican farm workers and critically injuring a fifth. Investigators said the driver may have tried to beat the train to the crossing or failed to stop. Wreckage stretched nearly a mile along the tracks. Names released include Jose A Raya 63 Vin cent B Sanchez 24 Carrillo Z Salazar and Reyes G Flores Erasmo C Luplana was hospitalized and not expected to live.
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Tracy
Calif
Here
Highway Patrol
Southern Pacific
Asl
Jose A. Raya
Vincent B. Sanchez
Carrillo Z. Salazar
Reyes G. Flores
Erasmo C. Luplana
Three Die in Head-On Crash on Highway 6 Near Acton
California Highway Patrol reported a Friday night head-on collision on Highway 6 near Acton killed three people. Dead are David H. Cardenas 20 Los Angeles Jacqueline Bolton 30 of Glendale and George E. Feist 22 of Sherman Oaks. Eldon N. Wilson 30 of La Canada injured was the other driver passenger in Bolton’s car.
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Newhal Pt
Acton
California Highway Patrol
David H. Cardenas
Los Angeles
Jacqueline Bolton
Kurbank
George E. Feist
Sherman Oaks
Cardenas
Miss Bolton
Feist
Eldon N. Wilson
la Canada
Wilson
Three Die in Sacramento Traffic Crash Involving Air Force Officer
Early today a chain of crashes on U S Highway 99 near Sacramento claimed three lives. Lt Richard G Johnson 21 from Mather AFB and Tuc son Ariz died after side swiping six cars then colliding with a truck. Lorraine Evans 18 of Citrus Heights died later from injuries suffered in a separate earlier crash. John Westey Wichals 22 of Sacramento also perished in the pileup. Officer notes Johnson drove northbound alone when the sequence began near midnight.
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Sacramento
Air Force
Richard G. Johnson
Mather Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
John Westey Wichals
Lorraine Evans
Citrus Heights
Dounson
Nouth
U. S
U. 5. 40
Here
Three Injured in Anaheim Crash Involving Cabral and Favreau
Vera F. Cabral, 23, of 7692 Monroe St. sustained major injuries in a Lincoln Ave collision with Gertrude S. Favreau, 40, of 9892 Verona St. John Cabral, 24, rode with Cabral. All three injured were admitted to Orange County Hospital.
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Anaheim
Vera F. Cabral
Monroe St
Lincoln Ave
Magnolia Rd
California
Gertrude S. Favreau
Verona St
Cabral
John Cabral
Orange County Hospital
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Kremlin
U. N
Long Beach
Severly
Capt. Machado
Louis Goldstein
Sanford Marcus
San Francisco
Marcus
Mt. Zion Hospital
Doctor
N. J. Solon
Santa Anna
Jeffersonville
Ind
Diestler
Shawnee
Ohio
Burke
Joes
Celo
Phillips
Lindsey
Kentucky
Swarts
Bat
John Alighieri
Miss Ham- Tong
Ham- ‘Ond
Stamford
Greenwich
Conn
Alfonso Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Virginia Ira Fuerstenberg
Sirmione
Lake Garda
Holy Roman Empire
Venice
Tao
Dual Marine Glass Co
14Th & Megnelia
Lonsidi
Vatican
Sre
Nast
St Ma Cele
Hawaii
Broadway
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